A revealing new biography of the man who founded the Kennedy dynasty

In this eye-opening book, Ted Schwarz deconstructs the myths that surround Joseph P. Kennedy and reveals for the first time the true story of this larger-than-life patriarch. Drawing on his unique access he knows the Kennedy family and has reviewed the files of a private investigator who worked for and against the Kennedys Schwarz shows how growing up Irish among Boston?s Brahmin fueled Kennedy?s anger and drove him to make his mark as a businessman, a movie mogul, and a public official. Packed with never-before-revealed details about Kennedy?s organized crime connections, his ambivalent relationship with FDR, his anti-Semitism, and his role in JFK?s political career, this is required reading for anyone interested in the Kennedy clan.

Ted Schwarz (Cleveland, OH) is the author, coauthor, or ghost writer on more than 100 books, including The Peter Lawford Story, The Kennedys: The Third Generation, and Rose Kennedy and Her Family.